Shot noise and higher current moments in dimensions 2, 3 & 4

2004/06/22 by I. Travenec, Travenec, I.
Physics and Astronomy · #Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn) #FOS: Physical sciences #cond-mat.dis-nn

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0406512

12 pages, 14 (7 x 2) figures

arxiv created 2004/06/22 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

Shot noise and higher current moments T_M=<Tr (t⁺t)^M> are studied within the Anderson model of disordered conductors in dimensions d= 2, 3 and 4. Here t denotes a transmission matrix. We calculate the conductance G=T₁, shot noise S=T₁-T₂, Fano factor F=S/G and ratios C_M=T_M/G, and we show indications that all of them are as good order parameters as the conductance itself. In the limit of infinite system size, two limiting values of F and C_M are found; the stable one in the metallic regime, and the unstable one, characterizing the critical point for d > 2. We present analytical expressions for both limiting values, together with a compact formula for current cumulants at 3D criticality. Our data confirm also Nazarov's microscopic theory [PRB 52, 4720 (1995)], as we show numerically for special linear combinations of T_M.

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